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America's energy innovation agency, ARPA-E, is now five years old. Since it was officially funded in 2009, the agency has helped leverage hundreds of millions in private dollars for early-stage technologies being proven in the lab.
Part of ARPA-E's mission is to help identify potential end markets for new energy technologies. But it can only help so much. The agency's core mission is to get "crazy" ideas off the ground -- the hard work of wide-scale commercial deployment will need to come from the company, its investors or other government entities.
That still leaves a lot of room for trouble as inventors and entrepreneurs attempt to break into the energy market.
Speaking at ARPA-E's energy innovation summit this morning, William Caesar, an executive with Waste Management, had some blunt words for inventors in the crowd when asked about troubles with commercialization.
"They're not all screwed. A lot of them are," declared Caesar.
That jaded view is understandable. As a major investor in 25 biofuel and waste processing startups since 2007, Waste Management has seen "no successes" in the sector thus far, said Caesar. As a result, the company said last month it was shifting its focus toward commercialized technologies rather than lab-scale opportunities.
The problem, said Caesar, has not been proving the technology -- it's been integrating the technology into existing energy or waste disposal infrastructure: "It's not that the technology doesn't work. It's that the economics don't work."
"The jury is still out" on whether Waste Management's investments will pay off, he added.
Caesar gave an example of a startup making diesel out of food waste. The technology performed well in the lab, but the company needed at least 1,000 tons of food waste per day to make the economics of fuel production work. But there is currently no city that collects that much food waste per day. As a result, the technology is "sitting on a shelf."
Stefan Blank, CEO of BASF's venture arm, said his company has seen the same problems with startups.
BASF, one of the world's largest chemical companies, uses as much energy per year as Washington, D.C. As such, the company looks for industrial solutions that will help it more efficiently use energy or make chemicals and materials in a new way.
Many of the companies BASF evaluates need "massive" changes to infrastructure to make the technology work. And that can cause problems at scale.
"When the infrastructure isn't there, or will not be there as earlier as assumed, the economic assumptions break apart," said Blank.
By their very nature, Waste Management and BASF -- a large waste services company and a large chemical company -- require capital-intensive solutions to fit in with their business. They don't exactly operate in an area where capital-lite "cleanweb" technologies will transform what they do.
The industry is hailing Google's acquisition of Nest and Opower's coming IPO as evidence that cleantech venture investing is once again gaining momentum. But only focusing on the success of those companies ignores the vast majority of the energy and materials market, which is much tougher to break into.
Caesar said that inventors and entrepreneurs should be thinking realistically about their chances in the market -- not getting overly excited about an IPO and becoming a millionaire.
"That may happen. But there are lots of other technologies that are simply going to be licensed. It may not make a business model, but it is a valuable technology," said Caesar.
The more boring reality for lots of startups may be that the technology is handed over to a bigger corporate firm with the ability to bring it to scale. And those are the lucky ones that aren't "screwed" by poor timing or too many infrastructure demands.
ARPA-E's yearly summit is a chance for the industry to rally around the power of invention and innovation in energy. But this morning's panel was a reminder of how difficult the market is for the people and organizations trying to bring those technologies to scale.
Caesar said he is "still waiting" for a big success in Waste Management's venture portfolio.
"It is a lot of work managing a portfolio of companies where you have a lot of positive things [being developed], but they don't happen when you think they're going to happen," he said.
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Press Release 10-244 What Triggers Mass Extinctions? Study Shows How Invasive Species Stop New Life
Collapse of Earth's marine life 378 to 375 million years ago holds key
The ocean in Devonian times: is past prologue in biodiversity collapse? Credit and Larger Version
December 29, 2010
An influx of invasive species can stop the dominant natural process of new species formation and trigger mass extinction events, according to research results published today in the journal PLoS ONE.
The study of the collapse of Earth's marine life 378 to 375 million years ago suggests that the planet's current ecosystems, which are struggling with biodiversity loss, could meet a similar fate.
Although Earth has experienced five major mass extinction events, the environmental crash during the Late Devonian was unlike any other in the planet's history.
The actual number of extinctions wasn't higher than the natural rate of species loss, but very few new species arose.
"We refer to the Late Devonian as a mass extinction, but it was actually a biodiversity crisis," said Alycia Stigall, a scientist at Ohio University and author of the PLoS ONE paper.
"This research significantly contributes to our understanding of species invasions from a deep-time perspective," said Lisa Boush, program director in the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Division of Earth Sciences, which funded the research.
"The knowledge is critical to determining the cause and extent of mass extinctions through time, especially the five biggest biodiversity crises in the history of life on Earth. It provides an important perspective on our current biodiversity crises."
The research suggests that the typical method by which new species originate--vicariance--was absent during this ancient phase of Earth's history, and could be to blame for the mass extinction.
Vicariance occurs when a population becomes geographically divided by a natural, long-term event, such as the formation of a mountain range or a new river channel, and evolves into different species.
New species also can originate through dispersal, which occurs when a subset of a population moves to a new location.
In a departure from previous studies, Stigall used phylogenetic analysis, which draws on an understanding of the tree of evolutionary relationships to examine how individual speciation events occurred.
She focused on one bivalve, Leptodesma (Leiopteria), and two brachiopods, Floweria and Schizophoria (Schizophoria), as well as a predatory crustacean, Archaeostraca.
These small, shelled marine animals were some of the most common inhabitants of the Late Devonian oceans, which had the most extensive reef system in Earth's history.
The seas teemed with huge predatory fish such as Dunkleosteus, and smaller life forms such as trilobites and crinoids (sea lilies).
The first forests and terrestrial ecosystems appeared during this time; amphibians began to walk on land.
As sea levels rose and the continents closed in to form connected land masses, however, some species gained access to environments they hadn't inhabited before.
The hardiest of these invasive species that could thrive on a variety of food sources and in new climates became dominant, wiping out more locally adapted species.
The invasive species were so prolific at this time that it became difficult for many new species to arise.
"The main mode of speciation that occurs in the geological record is shut down during the Devonian," said Stigall. "It just stops in its tracks."
Of the species Stigall studied, most lost substantial diversity during the Late Devonian, and one, Floweria, became extinct.
The entire marine ecosystem suffered a major collapse. Reef-forming corals were decimated and reefs did not appear on Earth again for 100 million years.
The giant fishes, trilobites, sponges and brachiopods also declined dramatically, while organisms on land had much higher survival rates.
The study is relevant for the current biodiversity crisis, Stigall said, as human activity has introduced a high number of invasive species into new ecosystems.
In addition, the modern extinction rate exceeds the rate of ancient extinction events, including the event that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
"Even if you can stop habitat loss, the fact that we've moved all these invasive species around the planet will take a long time to recover from because the high level of invasions has suppressed the speciation rate substantially," Stigall said.
Maintaining Earth's ecosystems, she suggests, would be helped by focusing efforts and resources on protection of new species generation.
"The more we know about this process," Stigall said, "the more we will understand how to best preserve biodiversity."
The research was also funded by the American Chemical Society and Ohio University.
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The Washington Post's Marc Kauffman writes up Tuesday's ruling by a federal judge in San Francisco that the Partial Birth Abortion Act is unconstitutional. The decision by U.S. District Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton "specifically prohibits the Justice Department from enforcing the law at any of Planned Parenthood's 900 clinics, which perform about half the nation's abortions. Planned Parenthood physicians who perform the procedure outside the organization's clinics also are protected." LINK
USA Today's Richard Willing wraps the ruling as well. LINK
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The Hill's Alexander Bolton reports that House Republicans will take up a constitutional balanced budget amendment this year for the first time since it was a central part of the Contract with America in 1995. LINK
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Con artists in Iowa are taking advantage of confusion over new Medicare laws, charging senior citizens $99 while pretending to give advice on choosing a card, according to the Des Moines Register. LINK
More Medicare fraud. In West Virginia, the state AARP began a new project on Tuesday to root out rampant Medicare billing abuse. LINK
The Wall Street Journal's Shailagh Murray surveys the Democratic anti-Nader groups and Notes a consensus to handle the long-time consumer advocate in a different and better way than Al Gore did.
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The Boston Globe's Rick Klein reports, "The city of Boston has agreed to speed up its consideration of protest permits for the Democratic National Convention, as part of a legal settlement reached yesterday with a coalition of antiabortion groups." LINK
Klein also reports in a separate story that Kerry's "fund-raising team has helped open the spigot of private donations to the Democratic National Convention, bringing local event organizers within $1.7 million of fulfilling their cash commitment with 55 days to go." LINK
The Boston Globe's Yvonne Abraham reports that President and Sen. Clinton "are set to appear at a long list of hot-ticket events during convention week: a lavish, 500-guest party in their honor on Sunday night; a book-signing for Bill Clinton's much-ballyhooed memoir, out June 22, and his wife's own best-seller; a prime-time convention speech by the former president on Monday night. And their attendance is expected, and highly coveted, at several more soirees through the week." LINK
The Boston Herald's ed board tees off on the idea of who will ultimately pay for the proposed free downtown subway service during the convention. LINK
A day after the Democrats announced their new convention blog, the team putting together the GOP convention is unveiling its re-designed Web site. (http://www.2004nycgop.org)
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Theft of Tide detergent has become so rampant that authorities from New York to Oregon are keeping tabs on the soap spree, and some cities are setting up special task forces to stop it. And retailers like CVS are taking special security precautions to lock down the liquid.
One Tide taker in West St. Paul, Minn., made off with $25,000 in the product over 15 months before he was busted last year.
"That was unique that he stole so much soap," said West St. Paul Police Chief Bud Shaver. "The name brand is (all) Tide. Amazing, huh?"
Tide has become a form of currency on the streets. The retail price is steadily high — roughly $10 to $20 a bottle — and it's a staple in households across socioeconomic classes.
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From California to Maine, thefts of used cooking oil are on the rise — driven by the rising price of oil that makes biofuels more cost competitive with fossil fuels. Like thieves who ransack foreclosed homes for copper wire, higher prices for used cooking oil can attract people with a hunger for crime as well as dinner.
The old cooking oil, which has been used for decades in the chemical and animal feed industries, is now a hot commodity, as biodiesel manufacturers fight for raw materials . Biodiesel is gaining in popularity as a transportation fuel. The largest consumers are fleet operators, including municipal buses and courier firms like FedEx.
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BOSTON – You can now add X-rays to the list of targets for metal thieves looking to make a quick buck in a down economy.
Two Florida men have been charged with stealing old X-rays from Lowell General Hospital that were supposed to be recycled back in August.
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In the 90s in the Philippines, at least 2,500 citizens leave each day to earn their living in foreign lands. Many times you will see a couple of persons in a family usually working and residing abroad. The same is a fact with other regions in Asia and other poorer places in the world. What are the factors influencing this exodus of citizens from one region to the other?
The first factor is for financial reasons. The OFW category belong in this section. These are workers who want to obtain a better life. Alluring openings like high paying jobs, better working situations and finer standards of living. The second most permanent factor, the capitulation and hopelessness of the political, law and order, corruption in our country leaves the whole family to leave the Philippines altogether. All of these tempt many people to go abroad. These are the permanent migrants who renew their citizenships altogether.
The Philippines sent 1.1 million workers abroad in 2007, the same as in 2006, meaning that an average of 3,000 Filipinos a day left for foreign jobs. They included 810,000 land-based migrants and 264,000 sea-based migrants. Recruiters say that Filipino migrant workers account for 30 percent of the air passengers entering and leaving the Philippines.
Filipinos are about 28 percent of those manning the world's ships. Most seamen work on eight- to 10-month contracts, earning at least $1,100 a month. About 20 percent each are deployed on cruise ships and bulk carrier ships, followed by 13 percent each on container ships and tankers; most carry crews of 21, seven workers for each of three shifts.
The government reports migrant outflow data in several ways. About 312,000 land-based migrants, 38 percent, were going abroad for the first time; the other 498,000 were rehires who had been employed abroad before. About half of those being deployed for the first time were classified as service workers, a third were production workers, and an eighth were professional and technical workers.
The leading destination for Filipinos leaving in 2007 was Saudi Arabia, which took almost 30 percent of Filipino migrants, followed by Hong Kong, 15 percent; UAE, 11 percent; and Italy and Singapore, seven percent each. Remittances were $13 billion in 2007, up slightly from 2006.
Some 8,000 nurses went abroad in 2007, including 6,100 to Saudi Arabia. The Philippines Health Secretary, Francisco Duque, estimated in January 2008 that 85 percent of the newly graduated nurses leave the country each year. Most go to the oil-exporting countries of the Middle East, but many want to go to Europe or North America, including some doctors and MBA graduates who are retraining as nurses in order to improve their chances of going abroad.
According to the dataset used in migrationinformation.org, Filipino workers are remarkably dispersed worldwide (see Figure 1). Saudi Arabia is the largest single destination, with 29 percent of the total, and Hong Kong comes in second with 12 percent. But no other destination accounts for more than 11 percent of the total. The only other countries accounting for six percent or more are Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and the United States. In addition to the countries in Figure 1, Filipinos are reported to be working in an additional 38 countries worldwide, including Chile, Zambia, and Papua New Guinea.
Figure 1: Global Distribution of Overseas Filipino Workers, June 1997
On average, Filipino overseas workers are 34 years old; 38 percent are single and 53 percent are male. "Production and related workers" and "domestic servants" are the two largest occupational categories, each accounting for 31 percent of the total.
In terms of household position, the most common categories are male heads of household and daughters of the household head, each accounting for 28 percent of overseas workers; sons of household heads account for 15 percent, female household heads or spouses of household heads 12 percent, and other relations 16 percent (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: Philippine Migrant Workers by Household Position, June 1997
Some 10 percent of the country's population – 7.41 million as of December 2001 – live and work abroad. In the late 1990s, the yearly deployment of Filipino workers averaged 800,000 each year. In 2003, 867,969 left to find work in more than 100 destinations. In the same year, some $7.6 billion worth of remittances were ploughed back into the economy, a major boost to the country's lifeline.
Sources: Table 5 (Battistella, 1995:265) for figures from 1975 to 1983; available online for figures from 1983 to 2003; and for 2004 data. Internet sources were accessed on 12 September 2005. The data on deployed workers include seafarers, who account for some 20 percent of all OFWs leaving the country every year (see Table 2). Filipinos dominate the industry: 25 percent of the world's seafarers are from the Philippines.
Table : Number of households, household population and average household size of Filipino Households with and without overseas workers (by region, 2000 Census) Source: National Statistics Office (in Carmencita Ericta et al, 2003) Note: the number of overseas workers in the 2000 Census was 992,397. Male overseas workers have a little advantage over their female counterparts in terms of percentage – 50.27 percent versus 49.73 percent. This translates to a sex ratio of 101 male overseas workers for every 101 female overseas workers. What about Filipinos that left the Philippines for good?
3,187,586 stay permanently, 3,599,257 stay for work contracts, and 1,296,972 stay irregularly (without proper document), which make a sum of 8,083,815.
Overpopulation compounds the problem
In 1970, both the Philippines and Thailand had about 36 million residents. Today, the Philippines has over 90 million residents and Thailand has 66 million. Thailand is the world's leading rice exporter, and the Philippines is one of the leading importers of rice. In response to the surging price of rice in 2008, the Filipino government provided subsidized rice to those in families with per capita incomes below $24 a month.
The stock estimate of the overseas Filipino population came from the poea website data, which is unfortunately updated only until 2004. Other sources include: ofwjournalism.net, wikipilipinas.org,
The Philippines is one of three countries of origin in Asia – along with Indonesia and Sri Lanka – where women comprise the majority of legal migrant workers deployed every year. In the case of the Philippines, women are the majority of the new hires (land-based) deployed every year.


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"I feel like my back's up a little bit because this is the premier organization, or history certainly, in the NBA. [It is] one of the finest legacies on and off the court in the world history of sport. People see that. Kevin Garnett saw it. When we introduced him at that press conference back in '07, he took an extra 15 minutes before the press conference even started and he went on his own onto the court, which was darkened at the time, and he looked up at each banner and he soaked it in. All 16 banners. He thought about each banner and he said he mentally hung a 17th banner up there. Then we went into the press conference. That's the person we want here. Someone who gets it. Someone who Red Auerbach would be proud to coach. They're out there and we'll go get them." Celtics Blog
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And if Auerbach were still alive and running the Celtics today, there's at least one person who thinks he also wouldn't have traded Pierce and Garnett. "I would have bet money that he wouldn't have done it," Auerbach's daughter, Randy Auerbach, told Yahoo Sports. "I don't know everything that has happened of late, but what I knew of my dad, I don't see him making that trade. "I would guarantee he wouldn't have traded them. I'm definite in that." Yahoo! Sports
"In 1989, Larry had a bad back and two Achilles tendon surgeries and Kevin had a screw put in his foot. They weren't the same," Ainge said. "They weren't near the same players from that point on that they were in 1985, '86 and '87 when they were two of the best players in all of basketball." Randy Auerbach said her father never seriously considered trading Bird and McHale. And if he had, her mother, Dorothy, would have talked him out of it. Randy Auerbach also said the Boston media would have "ostracized" her father if he traded two of the franchise's biggest stars. "Knowing my father, I don't think trading them was an option," Randy Auerbach said. "If you look at his track record, he had more players start and finish their careers with the Celtics than any other team. That's Celtic pride. "Players didn't come and go then. I don't recognize half the team now." Yahoo! Sports
If anyone knows what it takes to thrive in times like these, it's Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell. The 11-time champion took part in 10 Game 7's, including five in the Finals — winning all 10 times and becoming the league's all-time leader in the category that matters most. "(Celtics coach) Red (Auerbach) used to have a phrase he used: 'I don't give a damn what they're going to do; This is what we're going to do.' " Russell told USA TODAY Sports. "The difference, especially in a seventh game, is 'Can I take my team and do what we do best?' And I'm going to respect the other team. The more I respect them — without fear, but respect — the better my chances are." USA Today Sports
Tony Parker knows his audience. He knows the British reference points, and what they care about, which is why he responded the way he did when an English reporter asked him about Gregg Popovich. Parker didn't compare him to Red Auerbach or to Vince Lombardi. He also didn't compare him to Vinny Del Negro. Parker compared him to to Sir Alex Ferguson. For those who don't know: Ferguson manages some for Manchester United. San Antonio Express-News
He pointed out major companies such as General Electric have been using advanced analysis for years. It's just that nobody follows GE production efficiency or product flow like they do the Red Sox' run production. "It's not hocus-pocus,'' said Zarren. "Some of the things I do, teams have been doing since 1946. It's not magic. There happens to be scientific techniques that people have developed to look at data sets. We have some data sets, so why not look at them?'' Hard to envision Red Auerbach parsing data sets. Zarren met Red once. How did he explain to the Patriarch of the Parquet exactly what he does for the Celtics? "Danny just said, 'He works for me,' '' Zarren said with a grin. Boston Globe
"Easy" Ed Macauley was at the center of one of the most important trades in NBA history: He was the key man sent from Boston to the St. Louis Hawks in exchange for just-drafted Bill Russell. Of course, Russell and Red Auerbach's Celtics now seem fated for one another, forever linked by their 11 championships, but Big Russ might never have landed in Boston had Easy Ed just said no. Celtics owner Walter Brown actually asked the 6-8, 190-pound center—an All-Star in each of his six seasons in Boston and the MVP of the very first ASG—for permission to ship him to St. Louis. Ed was happy to return to his hometown, so Hawks GM Marty Blake (yes, that Marty Blake) agreed to take Russell with the second pick in the '56 Draft and ship him to Boston in exchange for second-year pro Macauley and Cliff Hagan, the former Kentucky star returning from a military stint. SLAM
Younger fans, who have watched the Knicks excel only at ticket prices, front-office chaos and the decibel level of the Garden's public-address system, may find the idea of the Knicks as the embodiment of intelligent, disciplined, unselfish play ludicrous. They would be well advised to pick up Harvey Araton's "When the Garden Was Eden." It will give them a clear picture of what made the Knicks so endearing, as well as a taste of how overwrought that affection could become. The Knicks, after all, never came close to the dynastic record of the Red Auerbach-Bill Russell Boston Celtics, or Phil Jackson's Chicago Bulls, or his Lakers. Why, then, would accomplished adults like Woody Allen sneak away from a dinner party for a glimpse of a Knicks game (a moment captured in "Annie Hall")? Why would the advertising legend George Lois spend every game under the basket, screaming obscenities at the refs? New York Times
Memories from your days as visiting ballboy before you were Knicks ballboy? Marv Albert: Being in the locker room when Red Auerbach would talk to and inspire his Celtics. And I'll never forget how Wilt Chamberlain would arrange this with me before the game — he would ask me to go out and get him four hot dogs for halftime. I'd get them late in the second quarter at the concession stand. I'd give them to Wilt and he would just engulf them. New York Post
The Celtics will announce later today plans to build a statue to honor Hall of Famer Bill Russell, according to a team source. Russell brought 11 NBA titles to Boston from 1956 to 1969, and carved a legacy on the court and away from it. Details regarding the style and location of the statue are not known. Considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time, as well as one of the game's most dominant defenders, Russell won more championships than anyone in NBA history, anchoring teams led by Red Auerbach, his coach and close friend. Boston Globe
A few weeks back, we told you about an online auction that would give fans and collectors the chance to bid on a slew of items that once belonged to Arnold "Red" Auerbach, the legendary Hall of Fame basketball coach and executive who served as the architect of a Boston Celtics dynasty that captured 16 NBA championships in 30 seasons. Auctioneer SCP Auctions told the Boston Herald at the time that the "three-part online sale" was expected "to raise at least $500,000 for Auerbach's family." The auction's opening round closed on May 1 after two weeks of bids, and I think it's fair to say that it exceeded SCP's expectations: Winning bids for the 156 items purchased totaled $785,278, according to final price figures listed on SCP's website. Yahoo! Sports
If you're a Celtics fan or just a fan of the NBA and one of its founding fathers, there is an amazing opportunity to own some once-in-a-lifetime items which belonged to Red Auerbach. Some amazing items from his personal memorabilia collection are hitting the auction block. MyFOX Boston
Heads up, fans. Cigar-chomping Celtics legend Red Auerbach's personal memorabilia is going on the block. And a Dallas auctioneer who sold a Lou Gehrig jersey last year for $717,000 said that the combination of Auerbach's own legendary status and the team's recent revival should make next month's online auctions a slam dunk. "Red Auerbach is iconic, and items directly from the family will generate quite a bit of interest," said Chris Ivy, sports auctions director at Heritage Auctions in Texas. "The Celtics are back into winning basketball and winning championships, and even though it's been a long lapse since Red has been part of the organization, that won't hurt." Boston Herald
SCP expects to raise at least $500,000 for Auerbach's family from a three-part online sale of about 500 mementos from the team's longtime coach and top executive. "We're conducting the sale on behalf of Auerbach's family," said Dan Imler of SCP Auctions. "They retained certain pieces, but there is quite a lot, and rather than keeping it in storage, they have decided to make it available to fans and collectors through this sale." Boston Herald
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Indian macroeconomic management: at the crossroads between government and markets
Werner, Richard A. (2000) Indian macroeconomic management: at the crossroads between government and markets. In, Rising to the Challenge in Asia: a Study of Financial Markets, Vol. 5 - India. Manila, Philippines, Asian Development Bank, 1-58.
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The most fundamental issue facing policymakers in
India is the question of the balance between government
and free markets. Throughout the postwar era,
India has adopted a highly interventionist approach.
But since 1991, the country has been deregulating
and liberalizing the domestic economy and opening it
to the world. However, India has remained cautious
in its approach to liberalization, an approach vindicated
in the light of comparisons with the East Asian
experience. Yet, reformers in India appear determined
to accelerate liberalization despite recent
events in East Asia. It is appropriate to use these
events as an opportunity to review the merits and
demerits of India's latest reform program.
Evidence from other Asian countries, as well as
from India itself, supports the maintenance of a certain
degree of Government intervention that is welfare-
enhancing. In particular, governments continue
to play an important role in designing and implementing
the institutional framework within which agents
can operate. Moreover, due to informational imperfections,
the credit market is a key platform for appropriate
and beneficial government intervention.
Therefore, governments should consider the pros and
cons of giving up control over monetary policy to
independent central bank
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Erik Deutsch plays an old-school array of analog keyboards, and his composition "Bloodborne Pathogens" slid in and out of focus with a crafty yesterday-kind-of-tomorrow sound akin to Gil Evans's Svengali-era arrangements. I couldn't tell exactly when Deutsch's tune segued into "The Three Question Marks" (by band pal Joe Lukasic), but you couldn't miss the transition into Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter," rearranged to sound like an Egyptian marching band thinking simultaneously of Frank Zappa's "Eat That Question" and Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water." Massively extravagant when they're not delving into the cosmic abstract, and with a truly great album, Mamatus, they can't afford to repress, Fat Mama is big, sophisticated entertainment on a granola circuit that sometimes doesn't know how good it's got. Richard Gehr
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Well me being the normal male skeptic I decided to try the MGX anyway. On my 3rd try today I achieved what I thought impossible. After about 30 minutes of trying slowly to achieve some type of orgasm I really got into it. Laying on my back I started slowly and then faster and faster thrusting my penis and buttocks into the air. After about 5 minutes of rapid thrusting I started to feel that undescribable feeling. First coming and going and then coming and going stronger. I did not touch my penis however it was flopping wildly around in mid air. As I thrust faster and faster I could feel the MGX massaging my insides. Then it started, semen started shooting all over my body from my forehead to my knees and sideways onto my arms. It was a true gusher and lasted for much longer than a normal hand job. When finsihed I had the most wonderful feeling of being satisified and the need to clean up one big mess. My heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. Now that I do believe I will try to achieve multiple orgasms. Maybe the flopping around of my penis did the trick, I don't know for sure but whatever the case it was worth it. A true wet orgasm without touching my organs.
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The only thing that I could think of that would have been any better than what you described would have been to have nothing to clean up. Certainly an interesting method that people will try. Thanks for the feedback.
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No doubt about it what you've described sounds like a wonderfully intense session. It illustrates beautifully what the potential of the Aneros is, in yielding any number of different experiences. The orgasm that you've described is what I've sometimes called a
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MusicSan Francisco Symphony has an impressive website, SFS Kids Fun With Music. There are all kinds of really cool activities for you at this site. An example is the "The Music Lab," where you can learn about tempo, rhythm, pitch and other aspects of music through an awesome interactive game. As you adjust the music, you can watch the metronome and listen to the music being played to learn about how the various elements of sound come together to make beautiful music.http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=23
Reading/MathFunbrain At Funbrain you will have fun learning through interactive games like Grammar Gorillas and Math Baseball. You'll also find Web books and comics, like Diary of a Wimpy Kid (nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award) and Amelia Writes Again. If you want to build you brainpower, go to Funbrain.http://www.funbrain.com/
ReadingStarfallIf you are beginning to read or want to brush-up on your beginning reading skills Starfall.com is full of fun activities. Interactive, dancing ABC's sing about their names and phonetic sounds while colorful creatures act out online stories. Many stories and activities are arranged by theme, such as holidays, animals, seasons, and family. Multiple choice story wizards provide opportunities fro you to make hundreds of interesting stories.There are also activities, lessons, and online books for established readers. You'll find plays, comics, Greek myths, Fables, fiction and nonfiction.http://www.starfall.com/
Social StudiesTime for KidsIf you love reading the news, or if you'd like to read current events for kids, you must visit Time for Kids. Sponsored by Time magazine, this site offers two versions, one for kids and one for parents or teachers. You can read entertaining interviews with kid celebrities as well as informative pieces on the environment and other countries.http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.infohio.orgInfohio is a virtual K-12 library of quality electronic resources that support and enrich student learning. These resources are free to all students, teachers, and parents. Home access is available with a username and password that may be obtained from the school library.http://www.channelone.comChannel One News is a television news network for teens whose goal is to make news relevant and engaging for teens and to spark discussion on important issues facing today's youth.Channel One's website features interesting stories on breaking news and in-depth issues that affect the world, nation, and especially, American teenagers.http://www.cyberteens.com/Cyberteens is a website that features games, news, and shopping as well as links to other sites of interest to teens. There is also a "creativity" section where teens can share stories, poems, artwork, and photos.http://www.howstuffworks.comThis site offers credible, unbiased, and easy to understand explanations of how the world really works. Topics span car engines to search engines, cell phones to stem cells, and lots in between. In addition to the articles, there are graphics and videos that take viewers through each topic clearly, simply, and objectively. The premise of How Stuff Works is simple: "Demystify the world and do it in a simple, clear-cut way that anyone can understand."http://www.teenink.com/Teen Ink is a website devoted to teenage writing, art, photos and forums. Students must be age 13-19 to participate, register and/or submit work. Teens are offered the opportunity to publish creative works and opinions on issues that affect their lives. Works are also published in a magazine and book formats.http://www.ipl2.org/div/teenIPL2 is the world's largest public library on the Internet. It is a free, authoritative collection of professionally evaluated resources organized by subject to assist teens in several areas of interest. A reference service is also available to users.http://nobelprize.orgThis site is the official web page of the Nobel Prize where information can be found on every prize awarded since 1901. There are biographies, lectures, interviews, photos and much more related to the Nobel Laureates and the prize.
http://www.sciencebuddies.orgK-12 students, parents and teachers can use Science Buddies to quickly locate information.The award-winning, non-profit Science Buddies empowers K-12 students, parents, and teachers to quickly and easily find free project ideas and help in all areas of science from physics to food science and music to microbiology. Whether your goal is to find a fun science activity for your kids or win the international science fair, sciencebuddies.org puts comprehensive, scientist-authored tools, tips, and techniques at your fingertips.
Special thank you to Mrs. Roth, Library Media Specialist, Geneva High School, for these recommendations.


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Boeing Ranks No.1 In NSBE Annual Employer Preference Survey
Alexandria, VA (September 27, 2013) -- For the second consecutive year, The Boeing Company tops the National Society of Black Engineers' Annual Employer Preference ("NSBE 50") Survey. As in previous years, collegiate members of NSBE reported the organizations where they would most like to work, and the information is compiled in the 2013 NSBE 50.
Although the NSBE 50 has been relatively stable since 2012, there were some notable changes this year. The Boeing Company maintained the No.1 spot, while Google pulled ahead of Apple to claim No. 2. The top 10 remained relatively unchanged: NASA moved up to 5, while GE fell from fifth to seventh place.
"Boeing is honored to be named the top employer by NSBE members, and we see the recognition as a testament to the outstanding work our collective team has done to engage with the organization," said Jim Wigfall, Boeing's Shared Services Group business support vice president and the NSBE executive sponsor for Boeing. "Having both the student and professional NSBE members identify Boeing as the company they aspire to work for shows how our company continues to inspire generations of engineers who see Boeing as a great place to work, and want to help shape the present and future of aerospace."
"Boeing reigns supreme because of their very aggressive tactics of recruiting," said Carl B. Mack, executive director of NSBE. "Boeing is changing the game because they bring an army to recruit and they offer jobs on the spot at the NSBE Annual Convention, which is held each year in March."
"When people with diverse backgrounds and problem-solving approaches work together to tackle our technical challenges, we know we'll get the best possible solutions. That's why we at Boeing see a strong link between having a diverse, inclusive workforce and fortifying our stature as a global leader in technology and innovation," said John Tracy, Boeing chief technology officer and senior vice president of Engineering, Operations & Technology.
Mack added: "Google dethroning Apple is not a surprise, as we see changes in the consumer marketplace. And we now see that Google has enhanced its partnership with NSBE by joining our Board of Corporate Affiliates and hosting special events within our engineering community."
Continuing the trend from 2012, government and military employers increased in popularity with engineering students. The U.S. Navy rose more than 15 spots, from 46 in 2012 to 29 this year, while the National Institutes of Health made an appearance in the NSBE 50 at No. 49, up from No. 76 in 2012.
For the first time, NSBE also asked its Professional members where they would most like to work, and the results of that survey were slightly different from the collegiate survey results. As expected, NSBE members' opinions about employers change as they enter the world of full-time work and learn more about workplaces from their friends and coworkers.
The findings of the NSBE 50 have the potential to point employers to new recruiting and marketing directions. For a full listing as well as rankings by gender and region, please visit www.nsbe.org/nsbe50, or get a copy of the Fall issue of NSBE Magazine at www.nsbe.org.
Methodology During the registration process, NSBE members are asked to identify their top three prospective employers. Organizations listed as first choice are awarded three points, second choice organizations are awarded two points, and third choices are awarded one point. The points for each employer are tallied and ranked accordingly. The 50 organizations with the most points are included in the NSBE 50. NSBE 50 rankings were received from approximately 4,600 NSBE collegiate engineering members and more than 1,500 NSBE Professional members.
About NSBE The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), with a membership of more than 30,000, is one of the nation's largest student-governed organizations. NSBE was founded in 1975 and is the premier organization serving African Americans in engineering and technology. With more than 300 chapters in the U.S. and abroad, NSBE supports and promotes the aspirations of college and pre-college students and technical professionals. For more details, visit www.nsbe.org
1 The Boeing Company 2 Google 3 Apple 4 Exxon Mobil Corporation 5 NASA 6 Chevron Corporation 7 GE 8 Microsoft Corporation 9 Lockheed Martin Corporation 10 BP 11 Intel Corporation 12 Shell 13 BMW 14 IBM Corporation 15 Procter & Gamble 16 Disney 17 General Motors 18 U.S. Department of Defense 19 Central Intelligence Agency 20 Cisco Systems, Inc. 21 Johnson & Johnson 22 Sony 23 Schlumberger 24 AT&T 25 Turner Construction Company 26 The Dow Chemical Company 27 Northrop Grumman Corporation 28 Nike 29 United States Navy (+) 30 Caterpillar, Inc. 31 United States Army 32 Baker Hughes Incorporated 33 EA Games 34 Raytheon Company 35 Air Force Research Laboratory 36 Toyota 37 Accenture 38 Mercedes-Benz (+) 39 Federal Bureau of Investigation 40 3M (-) 41 Siemens (-) 42 Dell Inc. 43 Ford Motor Company 44 Bechtel Corporation 45 The Coca Cola Company (+) 46 CH2M Hill 47 ConocoPhillips Company 48 United Technologies Corporation 49 National Institutes of Health (+) 50 Boston Scientific Corporation
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Experimental research on terahertz Gabor inline digital holography of concealed objects |
Applied Optics, Vol. 51, Issue 29, pp. 7052-7058 (2012)
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Terahertz (THz) radiation has the characteristics of penetrating nonmetallic and
nonpolar materials that are opaque
to visible light, which makes THz digital holography have an application
potential of imaging concealed objects with certain barriers. A
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(090.1995) Holography : Digital holography
(110.6795) Imaging systems : Terahertz imaging
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Original Manuscript: July 5, 2012
Revised Manuscript: August 30, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: September 7, 2012
Published: October 9, 2012
Qi Li, Kai Xue, Yun-Da Li, and Qi Wang, "Experimental research on terahertz Gabor inline digital holography of concealed objects," Appl. Opt. 51, 7052-7058 (2012)
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- 5 cups (12 ounces) broccoli florets, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 3 cups (about 8 ounces) sliced mushrooms
- 1 1/4 cups thinly sliced yellow squash (cut squash in half lengthwise before slicing)
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 Tbsp beef bouillon granules (or vegetable broth)
- 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, oil-packed, minced
- 1 1/4 cups crushed tomatoes in purée
- 1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp dried rosemary
- 1/8 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 lbs fresh angel hair pasta
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Melt butter in Dutch oven over medium heat. Saute onions, carrots and broccoli in butter 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, squash and garlic. Sauté 2 minutes.
Add all remaining ingredients except pasta and cheese; stir well. Bring to simmer, then cook 8 to 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender and flavors are well blended.
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Leon MacDonald's first Super Rugby drop goal gave the Crusaders a dramatic 15-13 win over the Blues in Auckland.
A dodgy TMO decision looked to have broken Crusaders' hearts, as Isaia Toeava was awarded a late try and Jimmy Gopperth's conversion put the Blues out in front with just under eight minutes to play.
But with four minutes to go, the veteran fullback slotted the winning drop goal to keep his team in with a good shout of making the play-offs yet again.
The win sees the defending champs leapfrog the Waratahs into third place on the log and the players will surely be up in the early hours of the morning (NZ time) to watch the game in Durban where the Sharks need a bonus-point win to secure a spot in the semis and knock the Saders out.
The Crusaders failed to get the bonus-point win that would have secured a spot in the last four, but in the end Richie McCaw would have been happy just to get the win which keeps his team alive.
The first 40 minutes were fairly flat with both sides looking a little tentative. MacDonald and Gopperth exchanged penalties early on, but apart from that there wasn't much for the crowd to get excited about.
The Crusaders in particular lacked the intensity you would expect from a side playing for a spot in the play-offs. Both sides were struggling to keep hold of the ball with a total of 23 turnovers conceded in the first half.
The Blues had the upper hand in this department, but were unable to capitalise. This was in the large down to Gopperth's suspect decision making which saw the Blues flyhalf throw a few dodgy passes and kick when running appeared to be the best option – particularly with the likes of Toeava and Anthony Tuitavake outside of him.
With time running out in the first half the Crusaders finally started to show some determination, coming close on a couple of occasions. But some gutsy defence from the Blues kept the visitors at bay. The Crusaders' endeavour finally paid dividends when they were awarded a penalty right on the stroke of half-time which MacDonald slotted to give his side a three-point advantage at the break.
Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder would surely have asked for more from his players in the second half and they responded accordingly extending their lead early on after Rene Ranger was blown for not releasing the tackled player.
A Saders try was certainly on the cards and they looked to have scored through Michael Paterson after some good football skills from Stephen Brett, but the TMO judged that the footage was inconclusive – a decision which left even referee Bryce Lawrence baffled.
However, the incident saw the Saders awarded a penalty and Blues flanker Tom Chamberlain sent to the bin. Brett kicked for the corner and a clever lineout move looked to have put Thomas Waldrom clear through, only for him to lose it forward over the tryline.
Despite being a man down it was the Blues who looked the more menacing and they cut the Saders lead to just three points on 55 minutes through another Gopperth penalty.
A wonderful kick from MacDonald pegged the Blues back in their half with just under 20 minutes left to play. Stupidity from replacement Grayson Hart, failing to release the ball, turned a lineout into a penalty, but by this point thoughts of a bonus-point win had gone out the window.
Richie McCaw pointed to the posts and Macdonald did the rest to restore the Saders' six-point lead.
Then came the critical moment in the game when yet another Blues turnover put Toeava through and although the TMO footage failed to add any clarity, the try was awarded and the Crusaders looked to be on their way out.
MacDonald, having scored all his team's points, had other ideas, and when the time was right, he dropped back in the pocket and took his time slotting what could be the most important kick of his illustrious career.
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall who is the sexiest actress of them all?
Not Kristen Stewart — well, at least according to British men!
The Twilight actress topped the least sexy list in a recent U.K. poll, according to FoxNews.com.
PHOTOS: Kristen Stewart's On The Road Fashion Disaster
"Our Oscars poll has been a fascinating insight into the minds of British men — it's shown that sexiness is far more than appearance," said a spokesman for gadget website MenKind.co.uk, according to FoxNews.com.
"They were turned off by volatile and moody actresses as well as ice queens. And they don't want to see unhealthily skinny starlets on the big screen."
PHOTOS: The Best, Worst & Wackiest Dressed Stars At The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2 Premiere
It's been a tough year so far for K-Stew. As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the mercurial actress is on the verge of breaking up with her on-again-off-again boyfriend Robert Pattinson.
To find out who else made the least sexy list, visit FoxNews.com.


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Garicano, Luis and Kaplan, Steven (2001) The effects of business-to-business e-commerce on transactions costs. Journal of Industrial Economics, 49 (4). pp. 463-487. ISSN 0022-1821
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This paper studies transaction costs changes arising from the introduction of the Internet in transactions between firms. We divide transaction costs into coordination costs and motivation costs. We classify coordination efficiencies into three categories: process improvements, marketplace benefits, and indirect improvements. For motivation costs, we focus on informational asymmetries. We apply this framework to internal data from an Internet-based firm to measure process improvements, marketplace benefits, and motivation costs. Our results suggest potentially large process improvements and marketplace benefits. We find little evidence that informational asymmetries are more important in the electronic marketplace than in the existing physical ones.
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Official URL: | http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0022-1821 |
Additional Information: | © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc |
Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2009 11:06 |
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review by Luke Watkinson
Rock of Ages 2012
Reviewed 23 Jun, 2012
Luke Watkinson's review:
As a piece of kitsch and fun this film checks all the boxes, not only does it manage to be funny (occasionally even cleverly so) and deliver the soundtrack you might expect, but Tom Cruise, as always, brings his A-Game as fictional rock-god Stacee Jaxx, making something more than a caricature of a late 80s rocker. Some magnificent cameos, but the other major roles and the story are merely adequate - but then this is not a film that demands an oscar performance or screenplay, and indeed that might be weaker for being overthought. Highly enjoyable, if forgettable, viewing - especially for those of us who know the soundtrack.


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On Tue, 24 May 2005, Ralf Baechle wrote: > > Do they use a different load address so that you keep an "almost fully > > linked" relocatable (i.e. with all objects already included, but still > > done with "-r") and do the final link differently for each of them? If > > this is the case you should be able to keep that "almost fully linked" > > relocatable as ELF and then just do the final link using ELF and then > > `objcopy' to ECOFF. That should work for most of the cases, although I've > > seen problems with firmware not recognizing MIPS III ECOFF binaries > > expecting a MIPS I one instead. AFAIK, `objcopy' doesn't allow you to > > force a different magic number upon a conversion -- this is probably the > > last reason `elf2ecoff' hasn't been removed from the Linux tree yet (and > > you can use the tool indeed if you hit this problem). > > The kernel ELF binary is too complicated for objcopy to cope with. Fixing > objcopy to handle this case correctly turned out to be hopeless but with > a little linker script magic it's possible to keep the kernel vmlinux file > within what elf2ecoff can deal with. Well, it used to work for me the few times I tried, except from that MIPS III magic number problem. But that's not a binutils' fault. Maciej |
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More than 26.37 million German viewers access Dubai's attractions in three months
According to a second quarter report from the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) representative office in Germany, above 26.37 million German viewers received a visual presentation of the emirate's tourist attractions. Similar achievements were made through excellent coverage in print media.
DTCM Director Operations and Marketing, Mohammed Khamis Bin Hareb said that the department regards Europe as their target and the increase in the number of hotel and hotel apartment guests from this market indicates the impact such promotion campaigns have created in the European market. "The first quarter of 2003 hotel establishment guests from Europe registered an appreciable increase of 15.37 percent compared to the corresponding first quarter of last year," he said.
Bin Hareb noted that Germans are regarded up market tourists and with this detailed program featuring Dubai as a whole, DTCM expects to attract more visitors from Germany in the coming years. — (menareport.com)
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Importing a list of Tasks
I have a list of tasks on Gmail tasks. How can I import these? When I created the account I used the google account information but it did not import the tasks.
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Hi Jaime,
We do not sync/import with any other service at this time. You can use the Premium feature of Templates (wrench icon top right within the project, export as template/import) but that is a simple TXT file. You would need to formate it as 1 line - 1 task
We will consider adding more import features in the future.
Thank you
+1 for Import
In a service I used to use it supported task import by sending an email to your account.
I would use Excel to generate a big list of tasks.
Dates were calculated, task names were generated then I'd format it for the email and so quickly I could populate dozens of task with their dates, importance, which list (project) they belonged to, etc. It was epic and saved probably hours of input per month.
Hello Frank,
You can send tasks via email to Todoist. Right-click on any project and go to "Email tasks to this project" for more details about this feature and the unique email address for this project :-)
Best regards,
The point of emailing tasks used to be the ability to add a task when your task manager was out of reach.
Todoist (and good job on this!) is already just about everywhere.
The point is to add a large number of tasks at once.
I generate dozens and dozens of tasks in a spreadsheet but I don't use todoist for them as the benefit wouldn't outweigh the work to do it so there they sit and are managed.
Please change the format so that multiple tasks can be in the body of the email
It's just an extra step in its current format.
Hello Frank,
If you want to import tasks from a spreadsheet, you can also copy/paste them to a TXT file, and import as a template. One line in this document will become one task.
Best regards,
Thanks. This looks very promising but I see no help on the topic.
Where can I read about all the syntax for these templates?
There is no documentation for it, but you can create a project, add one task to it with a note a label and a date and then export it - you'll see how it's formatted in the TXT file :-) We'll consider creating documentation for it in the future.
Best regards,
Can this be done from within a mobile TD app (iOS in my case), or does one have to use the web interface to import a list of tasks?
Hello Erin,
Our importing option is currently only available on the web-version of Todoist.
Best regards,
Here is a workaround for Google Tasks:
- Select print in one of your task lists in Google tasks
- Select all of the text on the printing page
- Copy paste that into a text document
- Import this as a template into Todoist (only available in Premium)
- This imports only the text, but not due dates etc.
- The import of Todoist cuts the strings at any special character, like ü ö ä etc. Perhaps that at least could be solved by the staff
Best, Geert
Welcome! I will say the vast majority of usage of Todoport is people moving into Todoist - a testament to Todoist's user experience :-)
I'm pretty pleased with the Import template function for pulling in a list of tasks - took a file listing and updated an exported template with the list and pasted labels and due dates and pulled them all in successfully. I will probably use this for entering tasks for new large projects as it is much faster than the modal interfaces in Todoist. I have to agree with Frank that a simple help file as a syntax reference would be helpful.